KYOTO, Japan — Sake runs in Tokubee Masuda’s blood. He’s the 14th generation of his family to operate one of the many sake breweries in Fushimi, a small district in Japan’s old capital of Kyoto.

Twenty minutes to the south of the ancient city of Kyoto lies the traditional and charming Fushimi Sake District, the second largest sake area in Japan, where time seems to have stood still. Dotted ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It's the middle of the day and the warm mid-autumn Kyoto sun is beaming down on the thousands of visitors, who can daily descend on the ...